Women's Studies

With a women's studies major at Iowa State University, you will focus on scholarship and issues relevant to women and gender. You will challenge existing systems of knowledge and forge new scholarship based on the centrality of gender as a category of analysis.

Women's studies fosters an awareness of the varied theoretical approaches to the study of women, feminism and gender, and recognizes that there is a great diversity among women, not only in this country but throughout the world.

You will be encouraged to explore the contexts, ideological origins and power relations of knowledge, promote social responsibility by connecting personal experience and political activity, and validate student contributions and voices.

Career Opportunities

Recent women's studies graduates have gone onto graduate school or moved directly into professional positions including

• Wells Fargo
• Orchard Place

Scholarships

The Women's Studies Programs offers several scholarships. Information is available on-line at www.las.iastate.edu/WomensStudies/scholarships.shtml.

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences also offers a wide variety of scholarships for both incoming and continuing undergraduates.

More information on the scholarships is available on-line at www.discoverlas.com/scholarships.

4-Year Plan (Word Document)